Chapter 38: Washing Hands in a Golden Basin (1)
Yue Buqun was still sitting in the middle, leisurely drinking morning tea, looking like a Confucian scholar. Ning Zhong sat on Yue Buqun's right hand and looked at Li Liu and Lin Pingzhi with a smile.
The disciples of Huashan had already arrived, and after asking the master and mother to say goodbye, they stood on both sides.
Lin Pingzhi felt that Ning Zhongze's smile was as warm as a mother's love, and he couldn't help but think of his deceased parents. Tears are like pearls on the edge of the plate, rolling out. This will be my future master, and I must work hard to learn martial arts from my master and avenge my parents as soon as possible. Thinking of this, Lin Pingzhi's expression was lifted, and he held back the tears that snatched his eyes.
"Disciple Li Liu, please say hello to Master. Li Liu, as always, bowed to Ning Zhong before bowing to Yue Buqun, "Disciple Li Liu, I have seen the master. ”
Ning Zhong smiled slightly and nodded. Yue Buqun said lightly: "Excuse me." The hand still never left the teacup, as if it was not a cup of tea at all, but a cup of thousand-year-old elixir.
Li Liu arched his hands to both sides again: "Li Liu has seen all the senior brothers and junior brothers. ”
"I've seen Senior Brother Li (Senior Brother Li). The disciples of Huashan returned the salute.
After all parties saluted, Li Liucai said: "The disciple brought Lin Pingzhi here today to ask the master to accept Lin Pingzhi as a disciple, and at the same time, please ask the head of the sect to allow Lin Pingzhi to join the big family of the Huashan faction." Lin Pingzhi was originally the young dart head of the Fuwei Dart Bureau, with an innocent identity, and his family fell because he was peeped at by the wicked. His parents had recently been killed, leaving him alone. We Huashan are famous and decent, and we should take it as our responsibility to support justice and warm the world. Please Master and Master approve Lin Pingzhi's entry into the faction and create a beautiful sky for him with our love. ”
The disciples of Huashan listened to Li Liu's funny words, but they didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the master, so they all held back their laughter, and their faces were flushed one by one. Ning Zhong smiled slightly, and glared at Li Liu with a slight reproach.
Li Liuchong Ning Zhong stuck out his tongue and made a grimace, and then stabbed Lin Pingzhi in the back of the waist, Lin Pingzhi hurriedly stepped forward and saluted deeply: "Lin Pingzhi has seen Mr. Yue, the head of Huashan, Ning Nuxia, and all the Huashan knights. ”
The people of Huashan returned the salute.
Lin Pingzhi walked to Ning Zhongze and knelt down, kowtowing three times: "Please Ning Nuxia accept Pingzhi as an apprentice, Pingzhi will definitely practice hard and treat the master as his own mother." With that, he kowtowed three more times.
Ning Zhong saw Lin Pingzhi kneeling on the ground, and he wanted to help but retracted it. looked at Li Liu, who was standing straight, and then looked at Yue Buqun: "This ......"
Yue Buqun took a sip of tea and did not speak.
"Master only needs to agree, and his martial arts can be taught by his disciple on behalf of the master, and it will not disturb your old man. Li Liu said again.
Yue Buqun had already discussed with Ning Zhongze last night, and he had the intention of accepting Lin Ping as a disciple. Unexpectedly, this morning, he was brought by Li Liu to worship Ning Zhong as a teacher, and Ning Zhong looked at Yue Buqun very embarrassed.
Yue Buqun took another sip of tea and said lightly: "Madame likes it, so take it." ”
Seeing that Yue Buqun agreed, Ning Zhong nodded at this time, and Lin Pingzhi's identity as a disciple of Huashan was thus established.
Seeing that Lin Pingzhi's matter had been dealt with, Li Liu hooked his finger at Yue Lingshan. Yue Lingshan jumped up and down to Li Liu's side and asked curiously, "Brother Liu, is there anything you did with Shan'er coming over?"
Li Liu smiled and said, "Brother Liu has something good to give you, but you have to shout three times, 'Only Brother Liu is good in the world'." If you can't do it, the gift is gone. ”
Yue Lingshan looked Li Liu up and down, and said in disbelief: "I haven't seen you all night, what good things can Brother Liu conjure?
Li Liu turned his head away from her, pouted and said, "Don't pull it down!"
Everyone in Huashan watched these two people play treasure with amusement, while Ning Zhong looked at these two people with a smile on his face, his eyes full of love. Lin Pingzhi looked at it with envy, what a harmonious family, he will be a member of this family in the future. Only Ling Hu Chong's heart is very sour.
Yue Lingshan flashed her big eyes and said, "Brother Liu has always been the best for Shan'er, better than his father and mother. Isn't it just to shout three times, 'Only Brother Liu is good in the world'? Shan'er is just called, and Shan'er is not uncommon to have gifts or something. ”
Li Liu looked at Yue Lingshan playfully, if there was no gift to give, she would never do anything if this girl said, "Only Brother Liu is good in the world". But even if she didn't say it, this seven-star sword was going to be given to her. The reason for this is just to tease her.
"There is only Brother Liu in the world, only Brother Liu is good in the world, only Brother Liu is good in the world, only Brother Liu is good in the world!" Yue Lingshan shouted four times, and said to Li Liu with a treacherous expression: "I shouted four times, 'Only Brother Liu is good in the world', and Brother Liu must give Shan'er one more gift." Otherwise, you have to shout five times, 'Sister Shan is the only one in the world', and return the more to me." ”
What a funny girl. Li Liu asked with a smile: "I asked you to scream three times, and you screamed more." I only need to scream once to give you the excess, why do I need to scream five times?"
Yue Lingshan pouted, shook her head and said, "I screamed four times, one more than you asked for, of course you have to scream five times to be able to have one more than me." Five minus one equals four, you can't count such a simple arithmetic? Brother Liu is so stupid!"
"Hahahaha......" Yue Lingshan's words made everyone in Huashan laugh, and Li Liu also smiled and said: "Little princess, Li Liu is convinced of you, it's a big deal to give you one more gift." ”
Yue Lingshan crossed her waist with one hand, stretched out her hand in front of Li Liu and said, "Okay, bring the gift." Brother Liu doesn't thank you, this is what Shan'er earned back with her mouth. ”
Li Liu pretended to be fierce and glared at her, took off the seven-star sword on his back and handed it to Yue Lingshan with both hands. Yue Lingshan snatched it, and with a "cang" sound, he took out the long sword. The air in the room was suddenly much colder because the sword was unsheathed.
"Good sword!" Ning Zhong blurted out. Yue Buqun also stared at each other, and pretended to taste morning tea naturally.
Seeing Yue Lingshan's happy appearance, Ning Zhong was also very happy, but he still asked, "Liu'er, where did you get such a sword?"
Li Liu bowed to Ning Zhong and replied respectfully: "I met Miss Xu, the righteous daughter of Uncle Liu, yesterday, but I don't want to be from Liu'er's hometown. Miss Xu gave Liu'er a seven-star sword that she treasured, but Liu'er was good at making knives, so she borrowed flowers to offer Buddha to transfer this seven-star sword to Shan'er's sister. ”
Ning Zhong did not doubt him, and nodded with a smile: "I didn't expect Liu'er and Miss Xu to be from their hometown, it's really gratifying." ”
Yue Lingshan happily played with the Seven Star Sword a few times, but she didn't forget to knock Li Liu's bamboo bar, she leaned in front of Li Liu and said, "Brother Liu is the best, what is another gift, take it out quickly." ”
Li Liu saluted Ning Zhong and Yue Buqun respectively, and then said: "Liu'er fought with Luo Renjie, Yu Canghai and others successively, and found out a set of seven-star swordsmanship of the Qingcheng faction, which is very interesting with this seven-star sword. This set of seven-star swordsmanship is exquisite and abnormal, but in the hands of Yu Canghai and others, it is a treasure bead covered with dust. He also asked the master and the head of the sect to allow Liu'er to teach this set of swordsmanship to Shan'er's sister as a second gift to Shan'er's sister. ”
Learning martial arts from other factions, Li Liu was afraid of violating Yue Buqun's taboo, so he had to ask for instructions. In fact, Li Liu is too careful, Yue Buqun has been coveting martial arts of other sects all his life, where will he miss such an opportunity. At that moment, Yue Buqun and Ning Zhong glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.
Seeing that Yue Buqun agreed, Li Liu did not shy away from the senior brothers present. Pull out the Tang knife on his back, step on the seven-star step, and the sword move begins to practice the seven-star swordsmanship. As soon as this set of seven-star swordsmanship was practiced, it surprised Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze. I thought that Li Liu's swordsmanship that he had only explored twice in the fight with others, even if it was not surprisingly bad, the grade was definitely not high. Now it seems that this set of swordsmanship definitely belongs to the superior martial arts. It is not at all under the swordsmanship of Huashan Yangwu and Xiyi. The Qingcheng faction was able to become independent from Emei, and it has been inherited for hundreds of years, and its martial arts heritage is indeed profound.
Affirming the subtlety of this set of swordsmanship, the two of them were amazed by Li Liu's martial arts talent. All the brothers and sisters also saw that this set of swordsmanship was extraordinary, and they all began to concentrate on memorizing the moves. Especially those outer disciples who can only learn the basic swordsmanship of Huashan all their lives, they are even more open-minded to learn.
There are only eight strokes in this set of swordsmanship, but considering that the qualifications of Huashan disciples are high, Li Liu slowly repeated the seven-star swordsmanship before putting the sword into the sheath.
"Thank you Brother Liu for the two gifts, Shan'er likes it very much. Yue Lingshan gave a rare salute to Li.
The disciples of Huashan all had their own gains, and the outer disciples even looked at Li Liu with gratitude.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Yue Buqun took everyone to the hall to participate in Liu Zhengfeng's golden basin handwashing conference.
Liu Zhengfeng learned that Huashan had sent everyone to come, and hurriedly greeted him from inside. Yue Buqun had a kind smile on his face, like a humble gentleman. The two exchanged a few words, and then walked in hand in hand, and everyone in Huashan followed.
Hearing Yue Buqun's voice, Tianmen Daoren, Dingyi Shitai and others also hurriedly greeted them, and everyone inevitably exchanged pleasantries.
After entering the hall and sitting down, Linghu Chong hurriedly confessed to Yue Buqun, and handed over the congratulatory gift and the piano given by Qu Yang to Liu Zhengfeng. The congratulatory gift was taken down by its own disciples, but Liu Zhengfeng untied the cloth cover of the piano and touched the entire body of the piano as if he was caressing his lover's skin.
The piano is sharp at the beginning, wide at the back, and wide at the end, like a large sword body. Its appearance is the same as that of ordinary pianos, but the tail presents a piece of burnt black, as if it has been burned by fire, which is the "scorched tail" of one of the four famous pianos in China.
Legend has it that Cai Yong, a master of the Eastern Han Dynasty, passed by Wu County, Zhejiang, and saw a porter tying three wooden sticks into a tripod by the river, hanging a large iron pot to boil water. When the fire is lit, the burning wood gives off a unique scent of sycamore wood in a crackling sound. The popping sound made by its burning is also very special, Cai Yong stepped forward curiously to take a look, and it turned out that an old paulownia plank was on fire and burning. He hurriedly pulled out the piece of wood and extinguished the fire, holding it in both hands, looking at it carefully, and couldn't put it down. Cai Yong's behavior made the porter who burned the fire very angry and puzzled, and asked Cai Yong why he pulled out the wood he used to make the fire. Cai Yong said, this is a good material for making a piano, but you burn it as firewood. When asked if it could be sold, the porter said, "Since you are useful, use it well." Cai Yong deeply thanked the porter, and when he returned to his residence, he began to carve it into a lyre, because the tail of the piano was just in the scorched place, so he named it "Jiaowei Qin". This "Jiaowei Qin" is listed as one of the four famous pianos in ancient China along with Qi Henggong's "Horn Carillon", King Chuzhuang's "Winding Liang Qin", and Sima Xiangru's "Green Qiqin".